Brad Oxley draw more paying spectators to any weekly event than
attended any WORCS or Hare Scrambles or Hare and Hound event this
year. But not a word about speedway.

>
> You know what we need? A press agent! Someone to attend to

things like this. I nominate Bobby Swartz. In his interview with
Speedway Star, Jason suggested him for AMA speedway czar but the
good Burghers of Westerville will want an insider. I submit that
Bobby can do way more good for speedway from sunny shores of SoCal
than he can ever do in Ohio.

>
> I know how broke speedway people are so I will pay for lunch, just

send me the reciept and show me some results.

>
> Well it's New Years Eve and I still have a half a bottle of

Belvedere Polish Vodka so I must stop for now.

>
> There's always next year.
>
> Happy New Year.
>
> DDD

Kim Smith

Donovan, I sent you a picture of the JAP offlist yesterday, let me know if you got it. Jason ... Champion James Tosland, World Superbike Champion Mat Mladin,

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Donovan,

I sent you a picture of the JAP offlist yesterday, let me know if you got it.

Jason

>From: "Donavon D. Dorsey" <fast_racing@...> >Reply-To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com >To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [speedwaybikes] One last time (for 2004) >Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:15:35 -0800 > >Greetings from the "frozen north." > >I know you speedway types are too broke to spend $45.00 a year to subscribe to Cycle News but there was some interesting stuff in the 2004 year end issue I thought I should share with you. It is not exactly and prescisely about speedway but bear with me. > >For its year end issue Cycle News interviewed the following, in this order. > >Valentino Rossi, World Champion 500 cc Moto-GP >Rodney Smith, AMA Grand National Cross Country Champion >Jeff Ward, AMA Supermoto Champion >Destry Abbott, AMA National Hare and Hound Champion >Randy Hawkins, AMA National Enduro

Champion >James Tosland, World Superbike Champion >Mat Mladin, AMA Superbike Champion >Stefan Everts, Motocross World Champion >Chad Reed, AMA Supercross Champion >Jason Raines, AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion >Takahisa Fuginami, Trials World Champion >Nathan Woods, WORCS Champion (World Off Road Championship Series) > >But not a word about speedway. I would wager Dave Joiner and/or Brad Oxley draw more paying spectators to any weekly event than attended any WORCS or Hare Scrambles or Hare and Hound event this year. But not a word about speedway. > >You know what we need? A press agent! Someone to attend to things like this. I nominate Bobby Swartz. In his interview with Speedway Star, Jason suggested him for AMA speedway czar but the good Burghers of Westerville will want an insider. I submit that Bobby can do way more good for speedway from sunny
shores of SoCal than he can ever do in Ohio. > >Where are our profiles for the "Local Talent" segment in Cycle News. What about Mikey Buman, Chip Lengle, Sean Harmatiuk, Krystal Cramer, and others. > >Why isn't some tricked out speedway bike featured in "Bikes of the Stars?" Two or three times a year? > >Scott Rousseau from Cycle News rode speedway and is very dirt track oriented. I am sure all of these things could happen if someone there contacted him. > >I would be more than willing to do that but it is a long ways from Benton City, Washington to SoCal to try and establish a relationship. Drop by, buy Scott lunch, talk speedway. > >I know how broke speedway people are so I will pay for lunch, just send me the reciept and show me some results. > >Well it's New Years Eve and I still have a half a bottle of Belvedere Polish Vodka so I must stop for now. > >There's always next year. > >Happy New Year. > >DDD

Donavon D. Dorsey

I did Jason. It is a nice looking bike. I will get back to you off the list DDD ... From: Kim Smith To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, January

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I did Jason. It is a nice looking bike.
I will get back to you off the list

I sent you a picture of the JAP offlist yesterday, let me know if you
got it.

Jason

>From: "Donavon D. Dorsey" <fast_racing@...>
>Reply-To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com
>To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [speedwaybikes] One last time (for 2004) >Date: Fri, 31 Dec
2004 20:15:35 -0800 > >Greetings from the "frozen north." > >I
know you speedway types are too broke to spend $45.00 a year to subscribe to
Cycle News but there was some interesting stuff in the 2004 year end issue I
thought I should share with you. It is not exactly and prescisely about
speedway but bear with me. > >For its year end issue Cycle News
interviewed the following, in this order. > >Valentino Rossi, World
Champion 500 cc Moto-GP >Rodney Smith, AMA Grand National Cross Country
Champion >Jeff Ward, AMA Supermoto Champion >Destry Abbott, AMA National
Hare and Hound Champion >Randy Hawkins, AMA National Enduro Champion
>James Tosland, World Superbike Champion >Mat Mladin, AMA Superbike
Champion >Stefan Everts, Motocross World Champion >Chad Reed, AMA
Supercross Champion >Jason Raines, AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion
>Takahisa Fuginami, Trials World Champion >Nathan Woods, WORCS Champion
(World Off Road Championship Series) > >But not a word about speedway. I
would wager Dave Joiner and/or Brad Oxley draw more paying spectators to any
weekly event than attended any WORCS or Hare Scrambles or Hare and Hound event
this year. But not a word about speedway. > >You know what we need? A
press agent! Someone to attend to things like this. I nominate Bobby Swartz.
In his interview with Speedway Star, Jason suggested him for AMA speedway czar
but the good Burghers of Westerville will want an insider. I submit that Bobby
can do way more good for speedway from sunny shores of SoCal than he can ever
do in Ohio. > >Where are our profiles for the "Local Talent" segment in
Cycle News. What about Mikey Buman, Chip Lengle, Sean Harmatiuk, Krystal
Cramer, and others. > >Why isn't some tricked out speedway bike featured
in "Bikes of the Stars?" Two or three times a year? > >Scott Rousseau
from Cycle News rode speedway and is very dirt track oriented. I am sure all
of these things could happen if someone there contacted him. > >I would
be more than willing to do that but it is a long ways from Benton City,
Washington to SoCal to try and establish a relationship. Drop by, buy Scott
lunch, talk speedway. > >I know how broke speedway people are so I will
pay for lunch, just send me the reciept and show me some results. >
>Well it's New Years Eve and I still have a half a bottle of Belvedere
Polish Vodka so I must stop for now. > >There's always next year. >
>Happy New Year. > >DDD

> Greetings from the "frozen north."
>
> I know you speedway types are too broke to spend $45.00 a year to

subscribe to Cycle News"""

Donavan,

Such Genaralizional about speedway types, No wonder were doomed. I
have subscribed to Cycle News for over 18yrs so this speedway type i
guess was not too broke. Why dont you try saying something positive
about speedway types and speedway in general for a change and maybe
someonw wont think "ALL SPEEDWAY TYPES" are just a bunch of negative
wanabies. THINK POSITIVE NOT NEGATIVE. Youll get much better mileage
out of it in general as well as life.

Just my 2 cents...

Tom "GUMBY" Hamilton

Tom Hamilton

Donavan, I apoligize for my comments made in haste. I know you are trying to better the sport of speedway. I just got caught up in the negative statements. No

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Donavan,
I apoligize for my comments made in haste. I know you are trying to
better the sport of speedway. I just got caught up in the negative
statements. No harm intended. And yes i too would love to see much
more coverage of Speedway in media coverage in the U.S. I have
posted several times on the speed website about speedway coverage
and i am very glad they show us the GP series. It was also very nice
to see the show that was put on this past year on the cable networks
from New York, Winchester, Costa Mesa and The Grand as well as
Auburn and i believe Indy. Sorry if i forgot anyone.

Heres hoping the New Year brings Speedway in the U.S.A. and Canada
more coverage in the media.

> subscribe to Cycle News"""
>
> Donavan,
>
> Such Genaralizional about speedway types, No wonder were doomed. I
> have subscribed to Cycle News for over 18yrs so this speedway type

i

> guess was not too broke. Why dont you try saying something

positive

> about speedway types and speedway in general for a change and

maybe

> someonw wont think "ALL SPEEDWAY TYPES" are just a bunch of

negative

> wanabies. THINK POSITIVE NOT NEGATIVE. Youll get much better

mileage

> out of it in general as well as life.
>
> Just my 2 cents...
>
> Tom "GUMBY" Hamilton

Donavon D. Dorsey

Thanks for that Gumby. You saved me having to write a response which would no doubt have set off some the others on this list. Sometimes I worry that all

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Thanks for that Gumby. You saved me having to
write a response which would no doubt have set off some the others on this
list.

Sometimes I worry that all those alcohol fumes are
screwing up peoples sense of humor.

Seriously, I kid around a lot and people who
whine about the cost of racing speedway annoy me. A serious off-road
bicycle costs more than a new Jawa.

Maybe a letter writing campaign to Cycle News would
do some good. I send them e-mails every once in a while thanking them for
their coverage of the GPs, and more recently, the Nationals.

As I said in the original posting, why not Krystal
Cramer or Ricky Wells or some such in the "Local Talent" section. I
suspect that it roughly as difficult as making up a bio and sending it to them
along with a head shot.

Or how about Greg Hancock's GP bike or Bart
Bast's bike or Billy Janniro's bike or whatever in the "Bikes of the Stars"
feature.

Donavan,I apoligize for my comments made in haste.
I know you are trying to better the sport of speedway. I just got caught
up in the negative statements. No harm intended. And yes i too would love
to see much more coverage of Speedway in media coverage in the U.S. I have
posted several times on the speed website about speedway coverage and
i am very glad they show us the GP series. It was also very nice to see
the show that was put on this past year on the cable networks from New
York, Winchester, Costa Mesa and The Grand as well as Auburn and i
believe Indy. Sorry if i forgot anyone.

Heres hoping the New Year
brings Speedway in the U.S.A. and Canada more coverage in the
media.

Tom Hamiltonwww.144racing.com

--- In
speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Hamilton"
<sargentfabracing@s...> wrote:> > """--- In
speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com, "Donavon D. Dorsey" >
<fast_racing@d...> wrote:> > Greetings from the "frozen
north."> > > > I know you speedway types are too broke to
spend $45.00 a year to > subscribe to Cycle News""">
> Donavan,> > Such Genaralizional about speedway types,
No wonder were doomed. I > have subscribed to Cycle News for over 18yrs
so this speedway type i > guess was not too broke. Why dont you try
saying something positive > about speedway types and speedway in
general for a change and maybe > someonw wont think "ALL SPEEDWAY
TYPES" are just a bunch of negative > wanabies. THINK POSITIVE NOT
NEGATIVE. Youll get much better mileage > out of it in general as
well as life.> > Just my 2 cents...> > Tom "GUMBY"
Hamilton

Fstcpr@aol.com

In a message dated 1/3/2005 2:11:14 PM Pacific Standard Time, fast_racing@direcway.com writes: Seriously, I kid around a lot and people who whine about the

Seriously, I kid around a lot and people who
whine about the cost of racing speedway annoy me. A serious off-road
bicycle costs more than a new Jawa.

There are several types of off-road bicycles: A light weight cross country
bicycle can exceed $4,000.00 in price and be a production bike (store bought).
Custom made units add to the price tag. Downhill models exceed $5,000.00 for the
high end bike. Downhill bikes have the suspension very similar to that of a
motocross bike. A good downhill bike costs as much as a new CR125 Honda but
doesn't have a motor.

seu,

DeWayne Stark

Kim Smith

In defense of Scott Rousseau, he usually does bend over backwards to get Speedway in Cycle News. Two of his stories near the back of the Magazine featured

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In defense of Scott Rousseau, he usually does bend over backwards to get Speedway in Cycle News. Two of his stories near the back of the Magazine featured Speedway stuff this past year and he has done a lot of that stuff for Speedway in the past including flying out to NY to cover the US Open in person in 1998. Josh Larsens 180 bike was featured in 2002. Scott is also good about putting stuff in the in the wind section when I send it to him. I don't know what the heck happened a couple weeks ago though with the interviews of all the Champions. Seems they pulled an "AMA" and forgot Speedway. I was as bummed as you Donovan!! Let's all try to write them a line to make sure this doesn't happen again. I know that Brian Burford has been trying to get Cycle News to carry the interview with me that appears in this weeks Speedway Star, lets hope that happens and gets Speedway some coverage.

Jason

>From: "Donavon D. Dorsey" <fast_racing@...> >Reply-To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com >To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com >Subject: Re: [speedwaybikes] Re: Apology, One last time (for 2004) >Date: Mon, 03 Jan 2005 14:06:53 -0800 > >Thanks for that Gumby. You saved me having to write a response which would no doubt have set off some the others on this list. > >Sometimes I worry that all those alcohol fumes are screwing up peoples sense of humor. > >Seriously, I kid around a lot and people who whine about the cost of racing speedway annoy me. A serious off-road bicycle costs more than a new Jawa. > >Maybe a letter writing campaign to Cycle News would do some good. I send them e-mails every once in a while thanking them for their coverage of the GPs, and more recently, the Nationals. > >As I said in the original posting,

why not Krystal Cramer or Ricky Wells or some such in the "Local Talent" section. I suspect that it roughly as difficult as making up a bio and sending it to them along with a head shot. > >Or how about Greg Hancock's GP bike or Bart Bast's bike or Billy Janniro's bike or whatever in the "Bikes of the Stars" feature. > >Like I said we need a press agent > >DDD > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Hamilton > To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 11:34 AM > Subject: [speedwaybikes] Re: Apology, One last time (for 2004) > > > > Donavan, > I apoligize for my comments made in haste. I know you are trying to > better the sport of speedway. I just got caught up in the negative > statements. No harm intended. And yes i too would love to see much > more coverage of Speedway in media coverage in the U.S. I
have > posted several times on the speed website about speedway coverage > and i am very glad they show us the GP series. It was also very nice > to see the show that was put on this past year on the cable networks > from New York, Winchester, Costa Mesa and The Grand as well as > Auburn and i believe Indy. Sorry if i forgot anyone. > > Heres hoping the New Year brings Speedway in the U.S.A. and Canada > more coverage in the media. > > Tom Hamilton > www.144racing.com > > --- In speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Hamilton" > <sargentfabracing@s...> wrote: > > > > """--- In speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com, "Donavon D. Dorsey" > > <fast_racing@d...> wrote: > > > Greetings from the "frozen north." > > > > > > I know you speedway types are too broke to spend $45.00 a year > to > >
subscribe to Cycle News""" > > > > Donavan, > > > > Such Genaralizional about speedway types, No wonder were doomed. I > > have subscribed to Cycle News for over 18yrs so this speedway type > i > > guess was not too broke. Why dont you try saying something > positive > > about speedway types and speedway in general for a change and > maybe > > someonw wont think "ALL SPEEDWAY TYPES" are just a bunch of > negative > > wanabies. THINK POSITIVE NOT NEGATIVE. Youll get much better > mileage > > out of it in general as well as life. > > > > Just my 2 cents... > > > > Tom "GUMBY" Hamilton > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! Groups Links > >
a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedwaybikes/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > speedwaybikes-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. >

Allen Starr

I complained about the lack of coverage of speedway to cycle news at the long beach motorcycle show. after a long talk about how they get there info on most

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I complained about the lack of coverage of speedway to cycle news at the
long beach motorcycle show. after a long talk
about how they get there info on most all racing ect that goes into the mag
they took down my address.......then in the
mail I got what I throught was a letter from them. It was a contributors
guide( I throught it was kinda thick for a letter)
saying "Thank you for your interest in becoming a Cycle News correspondent.
The following is a guide on how to format
stories,results,photos and captions for publication in Cycle News." ........
Now I just need someone the help me figure
out the next 15 pages. I really dont have the time but its all here on
what it would take to get something going if someone
is interested .......???
allen

Kim Smith wrote:

In defense of Scott Rousseau, he usually does bend over backwards to
get Speedway in Cycle News. Two of his stories near the back of the Magazine
featured Speedway stuff this past year and he has done a lot of that stuff
for Speedway in the past including flying out to NY to cover the US Open
in person in 1998. Josh Larsens 180 bike was featured in 2002. Scott is also
good about putting stuff in the in the wind section when I send it to him.
I don't know what the heck happened a couple weeks ago though with the interviews
of all the Champions. Seems they pulled an "AMA" and forgot Speedway. I was
as bummed as you Donovan!! Let's all try to write them a line to make sure
this doesn't happen again. I know that Brian Burford has been trying to get
Cycle News to carry the interview with me that appears in this weeks Speedway
Star, lets hope that happens and gets Speedway some coverage.

Jason

>From: "Donavon D. Dorsey" <fast_racing@...> >Reply-To:
speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com >To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com >Subject:
Re: [speedwaybikes] Re: Apology, One last time (for 2004) >Date: Mon,
03 Jan 2005 14:06:53 -0800 > >Thanks for that Gumby. You saved me having
to write a response which would no doubt have set off some the others on
this list. > >Sometimes I worry that all those alcohol fumes are screwing
up peoples sense of humor. > >Seriously, I kid around a lot and people
who whine about the cost of racing speedway annoy me. A serious off-road
bicycle costs more than a new Jawa. > >Maybe a letter writing campaign
to Cycle News would do some good. I send them e-mails every once in a while
thanking them for their coverage of the GPs, and more recently, the Nationals.
> >As I said in the original posting, why not Krystal Cramer or Ricky
Wells or some such in the "Local Talent" section. I suspect that it roughly
as difficult as making up a bio and sending it to them along with a head
shot. > >Or how about Greg Hancock's GP bike or Bart Bast's bike or
Billy Janniro's bike or whatever in the "Bikes of the Stars" feature. >
>Like I said we need a press agent > >DDD > ----- Original Message
----- > From: Tom Hamilton > To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com >
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 11:34 AM > Subject: [speedwaybikes] Re:
Apology, One last time (for 2004) > > > > Donavan, > I apoligize
for my comments made in haste. I know you are trying to > better the sport
of speedway. I just got caught up in the negative > statements. No harm
intended. And yes i too would love to see much > more coverage of Speedway
in media coverage in the U.S. I have > posted several times on the speed
website about speedway coverage > and i am very glad they show us the
GP series. It was also very nice > to see the show that was put on this
past year on the cable networks > from New York, Winchester, Costa Mesa
and The Grand as well as > Auburn and i believe Indy. Sorry if i forgot
anyone. > > Heres hoping the New Year brings Speedway in the U.S.A.
and Canada > more coverage in the media. > > Tom Hamilton > www.144racing.com
> > --- In speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Hamilton" > <sargentfabracing@s...>
wrote: > > > > """--- In speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com, "Donavon
D. Dorsey" > > <fast_racing@d...> wrote: > > > Greetings
from the "frozen north." > > > > > > I know you speedway
types are too broke to spend $45.00 a year > to > > subscribe to
Cycle News""" > > > > Donavan, > > > > Such Genaralizional
about speedway types, No wonder were doomed. I > > have subscribed
to Cycle News for over 18yrs so this speedway type > i > > guess
was not too broke. Why dont you try saying something > positive > >
about speedway types and speedway in general for a change and > maybe
> > someonw wont think "ALL SPEEDWAY TYPES" are just a bunch of >
negative > > wanabies. THINK POSITIVE NOT NEGATIVE. Youll get much
better > mileage > > out of it in general as well as life. >
> > > Just my 2 cents... > > > > Tom "GUMBY" Hamilton
> > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > >
> > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go
to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedwaybikes/ > > b.. To unsubscribe
from this group, send an email to: > speedwaybikes-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of
Service. >

Mike Heath

Hi Jason, Can you send me a pic of the JAPs off line, are these ones you purchased from the Millers in California? What colors were they before you restored

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Hi Jason,

Can you send me a pic of the JAPs off line,
are these ones you purchased from the Millers in California? What colors were
they before you restored them?

I sent you a picture of the JAP offlist yesterday, let me know if you
got it.

Jason

>From: "Donavon D. Dorsey" <fast_racing@...>
>Reply-To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com
>To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com
>Subject: [speedwaybikes] One last time (for 2004) >Date: Fri, 31 Dec
2004 20:15:35 -0800 > >Greetings from the "frozen north." > >I
know you speedway types are too broke to spend $45.00 a year to subscribe to
Cycle News but there was some interesting stuff in the 2004 year end issue I
thought I should share with you. It is not exactly and prescisely about
speedway but bear with me. > >For its year end issue Cycle News
interviewed the following, in this order. > >Valentino Rossi, World
Champion 500 cc Moto-GP >Rodney Smith, AMA Grand National Cross Country
Champion >Jeff Ward, AMA Supermoto Champion >Destry Abbott, AMA National
Hare and Hound Champion >Randy Hawkins, AMA National Enduro Champion
>James Tosland, World Superbike Champion >Mat Mladin, AMA Superbike
Champion >Stefan Everts, Motocross World Champion >Chad Reed, AMA
Supercross Champion >Jason Raines, AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion
>Takahisa Fuginami, Trials World Champion >Nathan Woods, WORCS Champion
(World Off Road Championship Series) > >But not a word about speedway. I
would wager Dave Joiner and/or Brad Oxley draw more paying spectators to any
weekly event than attended any WORCS or Hare Scrambles or Hare and Hound event
this year. But not a word about speedway. > >You know what we need? A
press agent! Someone to attend to things like this. I nominate Bobby Swartz.
In his interview with Speedway Star, Jason suggested him for AMA speedway czar
but the good Burghers of Westerville will want an insider. I submit that Bobby
can do way more good for speedway from sunny shores of SoCal than he can ever
do in Ohio. > >Where are our profiles for the "Local Talent" segment in
Cycle News. What about Mikey Buman, Chip Lengle, Sean Harmatiuk, Krystal
Cramer, and others. > >Why isn't some tricked out speedway bike featured
in "Bikes of the Stars?" Two or three times a year? > >Scott Rousseau
from Cycle News rode speedway and is very dirt track oriented. I am sure all
of these things could happen if someone there contacted him. > >I would
be more than willing to do that but it is a long ways from Benton City,
Washington to SoCal to try and establish a relationship. Drop by, buy Scott
lunch, talk speedway. > >I know how broke speedway people are so I will
pay for lunch, just send me the reciept and show me some results. >
>Well it's New Years Eve and I still have a half a bottle of Belvedere
Polish Vodka so I must stop for now. > >There's always next year. >
>Happy New Year. > >DDD

Kim Smith

One of the ones I got from Millers I traded to a guy for my Dads original JAP, the other two I still have...the one I want to sell is pictured on my

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One of the ones I got from Millers I traded to a guy for my Dads original JAP, the other two I still have...the one I want to sell is pictured on my www.jbrspeedway.com site under jbrjawa and it is totally restored. I could also sell an unrestored one. Let me know.

<fast_racing@...> >Reply-To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com >To: speedwaybikes@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [speedwaybikes] One last time (for 2004) >Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 20:15:35 -0800 > >Greetings from the "frozen north." > >I know you speedway types are too broke to spend $45.00 a year to subscribe to Cycle News but there was some interesting stuff in the 2004 year end issue I thought I should share with you. It is not exactly and prescisely about speedway but bear with me. > >For its year end issue Cycle News interviewed the following, in this order. > >Valentino Rossi, World Champion 500 cc Moto-GP >Rodney Smith, AMA Grand National Cross Country Champion >Jeff Ward, AMA Supermoto Champion >Destry Abbott, AMA National Hare and Hound Champion >Randy Hawkins, AMA National Enduro Champion >James Tosland, World Superbike
Champion >Mat Mladin, AMA Superbike Champion >Stefan Everts, Motocross World Champion >Chad Reed, AMA Supercross Champion >Jason Raines, AMA National Hare Scrambles Champion >Takahisa Fuginami, Trials World Champion >Nathan Woods, WORCS Champion (World Off Road Championship Series) > >But not a word about speedway. I would wager Dave Joiner and/or Brad Oxley draw more paying spectators to any weekly event than attended any WORCS or Hare Scrambles or Hare and Hound event this year. But not a word about speedway. > >You know what we need? A press agent! Someone to attend to things like this. I nominate Bobby Swartz. In his interview with Speedway Star, Jason suggested him for AMA speedway czar but the good Burghers of Westerville will want an insider. I submit that Bobby can do way more good for speedway from sunny shores of SoCal than he can ever do in Ohio.

> >Where are our profiles for the "Local Talent" segment in Cycle News. What about Mikey Buman, Chip Lengle, Sean Harmatiuk, Krystal Cramer, and others. > >Why isn't some tricked out speedway bike featured in "Bikes of the Stars?" Two or three times a year? > >Scott Rousseau from Cycle News rode speedway and is very dirt track oriented. I am sure all of these things could happen if someone there contacted him. > >I would be more than willing to do that but it is a long ways from Benton City, Washington to SoCal to try and establish a relationship. Drop by, buy Scott lunch, talk speedway. > >I know how broke speedway people are so I will pay for lunch, just send me the reciept and show me some results. > >Well it's New Years Eve and I still have a half a bottle of Belvedere Polish Vodka so I must stop for now. > >There's always next year. >
>Happy New Year. > >DDD > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/speedwaybikes/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > speedwaybikes-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. >

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